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Egypt will not vote at CAF March 2021 elections

Egypt will not vote for the election of a new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to take place in March 2021 in Morocco’s capital Rabat over the absence of an elected president. CAF last week said it will stage the election of its president next year in the Moroccan capital. Egypt’s Football […]

Morocco’s OCP more than triples profit, doubles revenue

Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP posted an all-time-high profit of 1.6 billion dirhams in 2021, up 272% as the company benefits from the surge in prices of phosphates and derivatives and the high demand on fertilizers. OCP’s total earnings nearly doubled to 84.3 billion dirhams the same year, a boon to public finances hit […]

Libya: A Human Rights Activist Elected Prime Minister

Ali Zeidan, a human rights lawyer and activist, was elected by the 200-strong Libyan General Congress as Interim Prime Minister for a transitional period of about 18 months. Ali Zeidan, who was supported by the Liberal block within the Libyan Congress led by the National Forces Alliance of Mahmoud Jibril, won 93 votes while his […]